Nov 22, 2023·edited Nov 22, 2023Liked by Patrick Mazza
Harvard is trashing its reputation as a knowledge-based institution. It may never recover from this low point in so visibly deviating from the path of intellectual honesty, open rigorous debate and searching for knowledge and truth.
No matter how much wealth Harvard has in its foundation, as an academic institution, it is now exposed as a place where some sort of “taliban” run the place, and academics cannot pursue knowledge without risking some kind of “fatwah” coming down upon them. Which in turn means that going forward, any academic work from Harvard is implicitly tainted by questions about what sort of filter and agenda have coloured it, and what weaknesses are hidden in it because of a a fear to address topics openly.
From what I have observed, Dartmouth and Columbia too have disgraced themselves here in the same way. Horribly wrong choices were made there.
Harvard is trashing its reputation as a knowledge-based institution. It may never recover from this low point in so visibly deviating from the path of intellectual honesty, open rigorous debate and searching for knowledge and truth.
No matter how much wealth Harvard has in its foundation, as an academic institution, it is now exposed as a place where some sort of “taliban” run the place, and academics cannot pursue knowledge without risking some kind of “fatwah” coming down upon them. Which in turn means that going forward, any academic work from Harvard is implicitly tainted by questions about what sort of filter and agenda have coloured it, and what weaknesses are hidden in it because of a a fear to address topics openly.
From what I have observed, Dartmouth and Columbia too have disgraced themselves here in the same way. Horribly wrong choices were made there.